I have written before that I was working on tweaking the red velvet cupcake recipe. It has morphed from following a red velvet cake recipe from www.foodnetwork.com and adding a Hershey's kiss to each one to creating my own recipe and piping chocolate ganache in the center. I am really happy with the current recipe that it got me thinking about how I started making this highly requested item.
The first batch was made because a former co-worker had such a bad day that I told him that I would bake him something to cheer him up. He asked for red velvet. I had never made red velvet before so I looked up recipes. I found one I liked and it didn't sound too difficult. I thought that red velvet was just a chocolate cake with red food coloring and cream cheese frosting, but I was very wrong. I noticed that the recipes didn't have a lot of chocolate, so I decided to add the Kiss in the middle.
When looking back on that first batch, they really weren't very good. The frosting was stringy cause of the melted marshmellows and the Kisses stuck to the bottom of the wrapper. The cake however had a really good flavor and the added chocolate was a nice surprise. Everyone at work liked them, but I knew I could do better. I had been working on bettering the recipe ever since.
Until now. The current recipe is great. The batter domes giving the cupcake a traditional shape, and I switched out the Hershey's Kiss for chocolate ganache. I still won't say the recipe is final since I will be going to pastry school in the fall and with my new knowledge the recipe may change yet again.
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